Thought Leader Profile
Andra Keay
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics
Andra Keay is recognized as a global thought leader and ecosystem builder in the emerging sectors of robotics. She is managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics, an industry group supporting innovation and commercialization of robotics technologies. The Silicon Valley area is home to the worldâs largest robotics and AI cluster, with over 600 robotics companies and more than 50 robotics/AI research labs.
Andra is a robotics, AI, and deep-tech investor and startup advisor, founder of the Robot Launch global startup competition, and co-founder of Women in Robotics and Robot Garden makerspace. She is also the VP of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society industrial activities board and the deep tech VP for IEEE entrepreneurship. She is involved in global standards development for inclusive and ethical A/IS and autonomous and intelligent systems. Fun fact: Andra used to play in early Australian punk-rock bands.
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News for Andra Keay
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Posted on Wed Jan 15, 2025, 8:00 am
Humanoids Summit Expands to London in May 2025 and Returns to Silicon Valley ... -
Posted on Wed Nov 8, 2023, 8:00 am
The 5 levels of Sustainable Robotics - Robohub -
Posted on Tue May 23, 2023, 11:53 pm
The Future of Robotics: Human Aids or Replacements? - Commonwealth Club World... -
Posted on Fri May 5, 2023, 7:00 am
A revolution in real time: Transferring robots out of the lab and into the re... -
Posted on Tue May 3, 2022, 7:00 am
3 leading US robotics clusters create alliance - The Robot Report -
Posted on Wed Nov 27, 2019, 8:00 am
Silicon Valley Robotics joins Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum as strate... -
Posted on Sat Aug 17, 2019, 7:00 am
Women in Robotics names inaugural board members - The Robot Report -
Posted on Mon Jul 2, 2018, 4:16 am
Bruno Maisonnier moves on from Aldebaran - Robohub -
Posted on Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:55 pm
BLOG - Robohub -
Posted on Sun Jul 1, 2018, 5:19 pm
Dyson invests £5m in robot lab - Robohub -
Posted on Wed Feb 1, 2017, 8:00 am
Call for startups at Automate - Robohub -
Posted on Tue Nov 3, 2015, 8:00 am
Life with robots: 'What people enjoy most is avoiding social interaction' - T... -
Posted on Mon Dec 10, 2012, 8:00 am
“Future of Cloud Robotics” infographic from Grishin Robotics - Robohub -
Posted on Wed Nov 21, 2012, 8:00 am
Quirky short film starring robot “Gumdrop” - Robohub -
Posted on Fri Oct 12, 2012, 7:00 am
Exoskeletons: New and old - Robohub